building a better bay area, moving forward. building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this isnews. daily program, getting answers, we ask experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in real time. later in the show, we will preview the film festival that begins tomorrow that features the works of asian american filmmakers. we will have a documentary filmmaker with us but first, we are breaking down all the covid- 19 headlines and answering your questions about vaccines and more so you can ask him right now on our facebook live stream and joining us today is dr. patel, thank you for being with

us. what are you doing? good to see you. >> listen, it has been over a year since i've been in the studio but guess what, we are both vaccinated. >> we are, past the two week mark and more. spam act according to cdc guidelines, we can be in the same space, celebrate science and be next to you in person. >> it's been a long time, was 14 months ago, we took a photo photo last time you were in the studio, it was like oh, look, look, there it is. march 2020. >> march 2020. >> it's your first time back, we figure out how to greet each other, and elbow bump? >> we have a kung fu pose over there six feet apart. >> we are about two feet apart even though it feels a little funny to me just because it's been so long, other than just

my family members, it feels close. >> i'm sure the elbow touch will be in play for a long time, even though we know the science and we know the vaccine is doing an amazing job of keeping people protected, the mask mandate air for people depending on your individual risk, who you live within your own personal safety and what makes you feel comfortable. you and i feel comfortable doing this, we are fully vaccinated and we are here to celebrate a. >> that is new and some things never change and that is learning about all things, 19. through two truths and a lie. >> we made this segment up when i was in my living room. >> we sure did, i'm ready in my facebook viewers, can once again help me out but answering dr. patel's questions. >> i will be using my phone. round one, secretary of education called for schools to reopen now, even if just for a few weeks. or is it b, both

and cdc recommend all children above the age of 2 continue to wear masks or c, the w.h.o. recently designated the variant of concern. not just of interest. >> i can't log into facebook right now, my producer is monitoring a can tell me what people are saying. i know c is true, that is the indian variant, or should i say the variant that came out of india, that , that , that will rule that out. letter a or b, i think facebook is saying a is the lie reopening even just for a few weeks, although i trust our viewers, my gut says b is the lie because i would think that, especially with the vaccines right now and especially outdoors, transmission and safety out doors, i will say b

is the lack, sorry, viewers, you know i love you but i'm going with b. >> you got it rit,i so honored. >> elbow bump, get that on camera. >> victory, i love it. letter a is actually true, and what he was talking about is that we know the right mitigation factors with distancing and masks and schools , transmission is low. it's so important for kids to get back in person, i think the reason it's an important talking point is vaccines will make it safer for kids to get back to school, safer for teachers, but it's by no means a criteria or should it be. c is also concerning and it shows us that different variants are out there, the variant it now because it may be more

contagious. b, an important talking point, i that we will see debates about this because the cdc does say all children above the age of 2 needs to wear masks where as the w.h.o. say under the age of 5 don't need, above the age of 12 should wear masks and they don't need to wear masks if they are playing sports. >> i do hope the w.h.o. and cdc will be aligned soon. less confusion as the better for us to comply to, we want to do the right thing but it's confusing when you get different messages. >> a lot of parents say my 2 or 3-year-old is not going to wear a mask, what do i do? i hope there is a little more clarity. >> my kid plays tennis and you know how far apart you are from your opponent, i'm hoping they can drop the mask mandate for tennis match. >> they should pick >> mom says it's fine, i'm just

kidding, do what your teacher and coach essay. speaking of masking, you did take years off and we both explained why, fully vaccinated, but governor newsom was confronted with that today. he just clarified his statement earlier , kind of construed and by june 15th we will lift most mandate and in the past hour, he had a change and he said there will be an update by june 15th and he expects to still have requirements for indoor activities come and tell me what you think about that. is this marketing the same content or is it something different? probably a bit of e uny with regards to what other governors are doing and ty nish line.thhaving more trepidation about indoor mask rules. if you head over to the ferry building, for example, i don't

know who is vaccinated or not, it might say be premature on june 15th when we still have cases and variants of concern and not everyone is vaccinated so it might be a little early to call off and regardless of what the state does, individual counties can follow their own. williamson is in florida and texas for a while. >> i am wondering about our bay area counties, which tend to be more cautious, if you are asking businesses you can say you want to wear a mask, you can see battles occurringwi >>ablu on theythste la maat flipside, if you look at san francisco county, we have 70% of people above the age of 16 vaccinated, i can see have proof of vaccination if you have by any means, maybe you can remove your mask.

i do see different mandates versus our county, versus l.a. county. >> what percentage of immunity do you think we need to get you before you are comfortable with no masks at all? >> none at all, even my awesome dr. fudgy mask? shout out to ps paper, her name is jill. she makes these, tag me on instagram. for me personally to see an indoor mask mandate lifted, i will go back to what we talked about and say i want heard immunity reached. for vaccines or from natural immunity, i would want to get to a place where we are at least heading what seasonal flu looks like. if coronavirus is at or below what we see in seasonal flu and lee stoll of mask mandates, that might seem ridiculous. >> when you say level, what are you looking at? i'm talking about transmission, when we get to a point, this is

what i would expect to see from the cdc, looks like versus every other seasonal respiratory infection looks like. if we get to that point, hopefully we get to that point, i can see them getting lifted. i will tell you, i think seasonal mask wearing is going to be around. i think people will opt to wear masks if they are feeling sick and have to go to work or on public transportation, i'm all for that. >> it's kind of a habit now. people have told me i know we could lose our masks that i'm so used to it, i'm comfortable with it, so i will still wear mine. >> we see that in other countries, and asia, frl tae em. have seen very little rsv, flu and other colds in the hospital, part of that is masks and social distancing but there's something to be said about having cold symptoms and covering your face if you're going on a train, a plane, a

park or restaurant. >> i'm happy i didn't have to take any nyquil this whole year. right? thank you so much, don't go away. we will continue our discussion

oh man... let's get you to this moment. is that it? yep, that's it. of relief... [joyfully laughs] protection... i just got vaccinated- i just got vaccinated! noah just got vaccinated... hope... so that we can get to all the other moments. let's get you to the exhale you didn't know you were waiting for.

let's get it... together. so we can be together. let's get to immunity. now's your moment to get vaccinated. a tier level, once we get to a good immunity level, we will be ready to roll. i miss those as well. we are back with abc7 nunez and dr. patel, we are setting about two feet apart and the reason being, if you are just joining us. >> our immune systems are like we are good, but provided we are in the same

room, we are fully vaccinated and not running around in public with people who may have an unknown status. >> if we had 10 other people around us and we didn't know their status, keep your mask on. >> it would be on. >> let's learn more about covid- 19 with two truths and a lie. >> it's so exciting to play this in person. feels like such a treat. everyone knows how this goes. i have the right answer on here. if you are going to cheat, use facebook. which one is not true? a, and emergency use authorization requires two months whereas full fda approval require six months or be, there is no evidence that the covid- 19 vaccine can affect and fertility or c, the seashell is experiencing a surge even though 30% of the population is vaccinated. which one is not true?

>> ra, facebook friends, go ahead and help me out here because this is very tricky, none of those is jumping out to me as a boldfaced lie. >> deductive reasoning will help you here. >> they all seem a little true. i will rule out b, there's no evidence that the vaccine can affect pregnancy and fertility, you often encourage women or women who want to get pregnant to get the vaccine. i will rule that out. so say show the live because even though the scenario you described sounds plausible to me, i just don't know if a country like that has even gotten vaccines yet because i know a lot of countries have not been as fortunate as the u.s. i will say c is a lie because i feel like there should be a difference between eua and fda full approval as in terms of how much data. >> c is c is

>> wrong reasoning? run rick anything, why i felti t to include this here, the seychelles has a 60% vaccination rate . >> that's about where we are right now? >> we are approaching 60% of u.s. adults having at least one shot. >> one of the vaccine they are using a sign a form from china and in trials, at about 70% effective based on real-time data, it's less than that, if you think 60% vaccination, rates went down, saying the opposite. we can't just look at a vaccination rate, you have to look at daily rates, hospitalizations, cases and what is happening on the ground

level which is why it's so important to look at clinical trials. >> make sense, our rates are slowing down a bit here in the u.s. in some places are offering incentives. i want to talk about that, the 49ers are offering 16 to 19- year-olds that you are of the locker rooms, free swag, gift cards to starbucks or chipotle if they get vaccinated at levi what you think about offers like that? that tells me that the 49ers have a lot of money. swag? can they lowered ticket prices? of businesses standing by science and saying we want to see society back to normal. krispy kreme donuts, shot for shot where you get a shot of alcohol with the vaccine, which doctors do not condone drinking and immunization. anyway, see happening is people

thinking this is some form of government coercion. there's a financial incentive to get vaccinated. what i do think will happen is people who are the low hanging fruit, the ones who are like i will get vaccinated when i get around to it, might have a little bit of a nudge to get to it. that's great, i don't know that if this will convert the vaccine to nihilists. i don't know if someone will say i don't believe that anymore because i'm going to get 49ers swag. >> to reach those folks, need a great information campaign to clear up the lies and separate the truth from fiction? maybe the incentive for everyone else can be changes to the guidelines for what you can do after you get vaccinated. >> i do want to address because this week is food allergy week, can you offer information about parents especially those like you? i'm glad you brought this up, we have talked a lot about prevention and we still see parents coming into the er with food allergy reactions and their children and they are

really concerned and its timely open up a dialogue about way parents can protect their kids. you are a parent of two, we used to tell parents to avoid all these foods before your kid are 1 years old. we now recommend that parents are introducing hypoallergenic foods, the allergies from 4 to 6 months old. milk, soy, cod, small quantities, diet diversity is really important fur babies guts. here's a fun fact, 70% of a baby's immune system is right here in the gut. this is an evidence-based way to prevent allergies. we all did it wrong, science did it wrong, i used to say stay away, it's all changing. >> so great to have you come all the great info, we are two feet apart because were fully vaccinated. thank you, let's do it again

soon. >> thank you and thank you science.

welcome back, our favorite bay area film festival is back tomorrow, caamfest is held and gives filmmakers a filmmakers a showcase the stories and talents of asian americans. joining us today, the director and documentary director whose film will be highlighted as the festival at us, good to have you both. >> thank you so much for having us. >> thanks for having us. >> i hope one day in person, the festival runs tomorrow through sunday, how many films will you be showing this time? >> thank you so much for having

me on and with the pandemic, we were worried that there wouldn't be as many films coming our way but we are really just so impressed the quantity of our creativity the filmmakers have had through the , we have over 100 films celebrated at this year's festival and for me, the key word is diversity pickets making sure that the right stories are told right now by some really amazing filmmakers and artists. >> one of those filmmakers is an , your documentary, when we hear manzanares, we think of the internment camp during world war ii but you treat that as part of a broader story, right? one that's focus and water in its relationship with people. >> the full name is manson i, when water becomes dust, it really talks about l.a. los angeles where i reside

connection to this place so far away that has been los angeles watershed for over a century and it's also this place where all these different histories of removal also intersect. you have the indigenous people there and then you also have the story of japanese-americans and the story of farmers and ranchers that were bought out by the los angeles department of water and power. >> it was powerful for me to see what used to be a lush valley with a river going through it, it makes you think about our policy and all that, what does that mean for you to have caamfest as a place to say or your work

>> it's amazing to be the centerpiece film. i think my first film when i was in graduate school at ucla screened at caamfest and it has been a long journey making films over the years. it is an honor to be showcasing a story about the west, a story about the environment, so much about identity and issues about the really highlights we have shared histories with other communities as well, especially in this moment where social justice issues are so important. >> great point, one of the films is try harder by debbie lahm, also local ties here because it's about the experiences of students that lowell high school in san francisco. i got to see it up the sundance premiere, talk about that and the events. >> absolutely, a majority of our festival is virtual, we will have on-demand programs, live events, we will have 39 set for mason center.

tomorrow is our opening night, this is a wonderful documentary. also, they are films that caamfest is so proud to have funded and supported. it looks that this students of lowell high school as they apply for colleges and you see the pressure, but through the pressure, the anxiety of the students have. you see their charisma, they're kind of will to get through it all and i think it is a perfect film for right now, it's very inspirational. we have a lot of subjects there. we will have food trucks pickets are way to bring our communities together right now in a safe way but in a celebratory way. >> it's really neat you found a way to do this socially distanced. at the drive-in, right?

i think we have a picture of how you are envisioning mess. most of your events are virtual but you found a way for people to try to connect. there is the picture. drive-in, drive-in movies. such an amazing experience. i want to ask you, you know, you started funding asian- american films before the studios were really willing to do that, after crazy rich asian, we see more people of color. why is it so important even if there are more opportunities and avenues to still have events like caamfest and films that are supported through caamfest? >> we have been around for 40 years and it's our mission to support and fund asian-american filmmakers. there are so many great phones breaking through, we saw them at that academy awards but there are so many more stories to be told and you look at

film, if you don't know her, you should google here because she does a lot of amazing other films. for us, looking at asian americans intersectional way with other communities is something that is really important to us. when you come, you will see celebrations of asian-american stories but we also want to make sure it connects also with other communities of color, the lgbtq community, so we have screenings that will connect. >> congratulations to you both. don't go away

tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. those lines for gas up and down the east coast, stations running out of gas. tonight, that pipeline, moments ago, back online. it could take days now to get that gas to stations from texas right up through the northeast. what the company has just revealed. tonight, reports of price gouging in the meantime. the average price for gas topping $3 a gallon now. and one place where gas is now $7 a gallon. gio benitez with late reporting. also tonight, republican congresswoman liz cheney ousted from her leadership position because she spoke out against former president trump and against repeated lies about the election. new details tonight from inside the secret vote, taking just minutes. reports of boos in the room as cheney made her